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SAVE THE INTERNET


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I love the Internet. Damn, I’m completely addicted to it. I use it to stay in touch with friends and relatives, to double-check information and “Gaah.. what was the name of that dogdragon in the NeverEnding Story movies?”, to stay updated with current events and international affairs, to find new music, gadgets and people – and to procrastinate. Internet has been a huge part of my life since I first got a computer in the late 90’s and waited for my dial-up modem to connect so that I could let Lissa teach me the basics of HTML and understand the lyrics of my favourite songs.

I built my first homepage when I was 12. It was about poodles, it had little blue dogpaws floating around and there was a song playing in the background. It might be incredibly annoying, but illegal?

The internet as we know it is changing, and many of the things we take for granted today might suddenly disappear if the new PIPA and SOPA bills are passed in the US. The legislation endangers not only our freedom of expression, but also our online security and general prosperity. Information is for educating and sharing, restricting that is just insanely contra productive for all sorts of positive and necessary development.

A clip by Fight For the Future explains what PIPA will do if it is passed on the 24th of January. Since then, the bill has been adjusted and the implications will be even worse than said in the beginning – please watch to the end, and please share.

Learn more & act now:
http://sopastrike.com/
http://americancensorship.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/

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Strategies & sound

Finalizing a guide with social media strategies and nerdy recommendations for the office while listening to previously undiscovered tracks. My conclusion is that dubstep and in-ear headphones is a good combination for my workflow, it keeps me bumpy and concentrated even though I was supposed to get out of here hours ago. Good fun.

Here’s some tunes that have been blocking out my surroundings today:

My friend Chriz in introduced me to cool and snappy Azealia Banks when i was in Wawa.

Azealia Banks – 212 (feat. Lazy Jay)
(2011)

Yesterday I discovered the absolutely brilliant TOKiMONSTA.

TOKiMONSTA – Little Pleasures
Creature Dreams EP (2011)

And right now I’m listening to some Dubstep I just found on Youtube to keep myself bumping.

Arkist – Rendezvouz
Rendezvous/Fill Your Coffee Vinyl (2011)

I know, a lot of music lately – sorry about that. I need to get a good stock of new sounds for my upcoming flights, busrides and a life without access to good internet connection. Also, I have noticed that I almost only post electronic music on the blog – that is because it’s what I’m listening to while in front of the computer. At home, there’s tons of jazz, neosoul and indie music playing, and on occasion, I indulge in dark post rock, cheesy cuban salsa and depressing portuguese fado. There, I said it.

Here’s an old Vetusta Morla song I have been killing lately. It’s none of the above, but awesome.

Porque ser valiente no es sólo cuestión de suerte.

Vetusta Morla – Valiente
Un día en el mundo (2008)

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Twinkle&Bass

Found Chopin playing a spaced out piano on a wall in Warsaw.

Also, I found a new tune by Time Wharp, which is the first single from his upcoming BLK EP. The record twinkles all the way through and the R&B sample is both soothing and bouncy. Later it all melts together into a cosmic maze of sitar solos and constant pitchshifts and impressions, fading out into nothingness in a way that leaves me craving for more.

Listen for yourself & download this single for free. You can enjoy previously released awesomeness at Time Wharp’s website until BLK will be released via Brooklyn based Astro Nautico on the 23rd of January. Something to look forward to? Yes, yes, yes. And do keep an eye on that label if you like dreamy-electronic music and experimental beats.

Nighty.